So, it turns out, not everybody knows every country’s stereotypes and peculiarities.
I understand.
Wikipedia: Haggis: the Haggis is a small, three-legged mammal native to Western Spain, where it is seldom seen and considered critically endangered in its original habitat. Introduced to Scotland circa 1180 to control the aggressive spread of certain flora, hunting Haggis became a popular sport among Scottish peasants…
Thank you for the clarification, I thought it might have been Canada.
Paul Edward Haggis (born March 10, 1953) is a Canadian screenwriter, film producer, and director of film and television. He is best known as screenwriter and producer for consecutive Best Picture Oscar winners Million Dollar Baby (2004) and Crash (2005), the latter of which he also directed.
Is this a joke I’m too dense to get or is this just plain bullshit? What I found on Wikipedia was this:
Haggis (Scottish Gaelic: taigeis) is a savoury pudding containing sheep’s pluck (heart, liver, and lungs), minced with chopped onion, oatmeal, suet, spices, and salt, mixed with stock, and cooked while traditionally encased in the animal’s stomach though now an artificial casing is often used instead.
I don’t even think a three-legged mammal exists. However I did find this: (emphasis mine)
Wild haggis (given the humorous taxonomic designation Haggis scoticus) is a fictional creature of Scottish folklore, said to be native to the Scottish Highlands. It is comically claimed to be the source of haggis, a traditional Scottish dish that is in fact made from the innards of sheep.
But obviously that’s something different as it’s native to Scotland and is just fictional.
It’s a joke all Scottish people make with foreigners. Convincing them that it’s a wee three legged beastie that runs around the hill in one direction because one of its legs are longer and it would fall over if it went the other way. I had a friend who used to sell tickets to a haggis hunt on Arthur’s seat.
The food is real. But it’s made from sheep organs. If you ever get a chance to try it, absolutely do. It’s delicious. Possibly the best preparation of sheep ever smalehove and pinnekjøtt from Norway are a close second though.
Fair fa’ your honest, sonsie face, Great chieftain o the puddin’-race!
Pretty much everyone except people from “America”, that is, the US.
Well that is a broad generalization spoken from a place of ignorance. I promise you that the vast majority of Americans (that is, people from the U.S.) know about the Americas (that is, the continents).
That being said, colloquially, the term “America” generally refers to the United States. And that’s true most everywhere, not just in the U.S.
Most people will say “North”, “South”, or “Americas” (plural) when talking about the continents.
Language is a complicated and very fluid social construct. What means one thing somewhere might mean something different somewhere else, even if the same language is spoken in both places. Both usages of the word are correct, and it’s both the responsibility of to the speaker and listener to understand each other. It’s confusing, but that’s how things are in the real world. Of course you can say “America” to refer to the continents, and if that’s what’s dictated by social contract where you’re from, then more power to you. I’m just saying that you can’t judge an entire nation of people based off the colloquial usage of a word (not that you were, I’m referring to the person I responded to).
well tbf ‘From America’ actually fulfills the country in 2 words request because US Americans are the only Americans egocentric enough to claim the term ‘America’ for themselves
I was going more off of the “not like that” title - what answers would fit into two words that would engender that response.
That said, Antarctica is actually a brilliant answer, since not only is pretty much nobody from there, it is also merely one word so wrong on that count as well:-).
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